Dear Juno, and anyone else who may find themselves in the same, or a similar situation.
My name is Cassidy and I am a high school senior at Foothill Technology High school. I have heard your story and I fully respect your decision, and agree with what decision you did end up making. The first option, giving your baby up for adoption, instead of choosing abortion, or keeping the baby, it was the perfect option for you. I understand why you could not have an abortion, because you knew the baby had already began to develop and you knew you could not take care of the child at your young age, still immature, and financially too unstable to begin a family of your own.
Here is the second option, abortion. Though I do understand your stance, and why personally, you could not get an abortion, everybody is different, and I understand why there are women who believe abortion is the only option for them. There are plenty of women, that the idea of having a child at a young age, such as 16 in your situation, it’s implausible , it just absolutely is not an option for that young woman. Many people would argue that they should have to get an adoption then, but, in some cases, that is also just not an option. For some women, they could grow way too attached to the child in the 9 months of carrying him, or her and could not give the baby up at the end, but the woman also knows they could not provide the baby with a proper life. It is no one but the father and mothers choice to decide if they should get an abortion or not. After women won their rights, one they received many years later, was the right to choose, and to do as they please to their body, and if a young woman decides they do not want to carry this baby, then they have the right to choose to rid of the child before the baby is developed into a “human”.
Then there is the third option, keeping the child, which I can relate to. I am 17 years old and a senior in highschool which I previously mentioned, and if I were put in this situation, I would not have made the same choice as you, or the other hypothetical woman I described that would have gotten an abortion. If you were to ask anyone who has seen me around a baby, you would know that I absolutely love babies. So, with that said, I would keep the child and find a way to care for him or her and provide the baby with a proper life. I also have a biased view because I was almost an abortion, which leaves me forever thankful to even be living to write this essay today and I believe that since I was so blessed to be brought in to this world, that if, or when I get blessed with the joy of life, it is my job to properly raise the child as my own and love it, the way every child deserves to be loved. I know some people may think a 17 year old could not raise a child, but I love kids way too much to carry one in my body for 9 months, have a literal connection to the child, and then just “pop it out” as you said and give it away. Just the idea of giving up MY child, breaks my heart.
I believe abortion with limits is a fair compromise, for those who are extremists on both sides. The most important questions that comes up when you discuss the idea of abortion with limits, is where is the limit line drawn? When is the fetus officially a “human”? How do you define human? Can you even decided when a fetus is human? The topic is so controversial and there is such an undefined line between fetus and human that it does make it difficult to truly give out a stage in development when you are still legally aloud to abort the fetus. In Roe V. Wade, backed up by the 14th amendment and the right to protect your privacy, the supreme court ruled to give women the decision to have an abortion, but that this right must be balanced against the state's two legitimate interests in regulating abortions: protecting prenatal life and protecting women's health. Additionally, because the medical community finds that the human fetus might be viable outside the mother's womb after six months of growth, a state could constitutionally protect a fetus from abortions in the third trimester of pregnancy, as long as it permitted an exception to save the life of the mother. Additionally, because second and third trimester abortions present more health risks to the mother, the state might regulate certain aspects of abortions related to maternal health after three months of pregnancy. In the first trimester, however, a state's interests in controlling abortions can’t be found "important" enough. Abortions in the first trimester are for the patient and her doctor to decided.
I can’t say I agree with the laws of 5 months along in pregnancy being a legal state to receive an abortion. Being honest, I know no more, and certainly not as much as a the doctors who have made the calls on when the fetus becomes human. Instead of arguing, I simply leave you and everyone with idea of, if you do not have the medical facts, or know the background life story of the mother. Leave the choice to the woman. Let her decide what her correct path is. There her make the choice to bring a new life on to this planet or not. I leave this essay asking you to please, believe what you believe, but respect others opinions, and decisions.
and anyone else who may find themselves in the same, or a similar situation.
My name is Cassidy and I am a high school senior at Foothill Technology High school. I have heard your story and I fully respect your decision, and agree with what decision you did end up making. The first option, giving your baby up for adoption, instead of choosing abortion, or keeping the baby, it was the perfect option for you. I understand why you could not have an abortion, because you knew the baby had already began to develop and you knew you could not take care of the child at your young age, still immature, and financially too unstable to begin a family of your own.
Here is the second option, abortion. Though I do understand your stance, and why personally, you could not get an abortion, everybody is different, and I understand why there are women who believe abortion is the only option for them. There are plenty of women, that the idea of having a child at a young age, such as 16 in your situation, it’s implausible , it just absolutely is not an option for that young woman. Many people would argue that they should have to get an adoption then, but, in some cases, that is also just not an option. For some women, they could grow way too attached to the child in the 9 months of carrying him, or her and could not give the baby up at the end, but the woman also knows they could not provide the baby with a proper life. It is no one but the father and mothers choice to decide if they should get an abortion or not. After women won their rights, one they received many years later, was the right to choose, and to do as they please to their body, and if a young woman decides they do not want to carry this baby, then they have the right to choose to rid of the child before the baby is developed into a “human”.
Then there is the third option, keeping the child, which I can relate to. I am 17 years old and a senior in highschool which I previously mentioned, and if I were put in this situation, I would not have made the same choice as you, or the other hypothetical woman I described that would have gotten an abortion. If you were to ask anyone who has seen me around a baby, you would know that I absolutely love babies. So, with that said, I would keep the child and find a way to care for him or her and provide the baby with a proper life. I also have a biased view because I was almost an abortion, which leaves me forever thankful to even be living to write this essay today and I believe that since I was so blessed to be brought in to this world, that if, or when I get blessed with the joy of life, it is my job to properly raise the child as my own and love it, the way every child deserves to be loved. I know some people may think a 17 year old could not raise a child, but I love kids way too much to carry one in my body for 9 months, have a literal connection to the child, and then just “pop it out” as you said and give it away. Just the idea of giving up MY child, breaks my heart.
I believe abortion with limits is a fair compromise, for those who are extremists on both sides. The most important questions that comes up when you discuss the idea of abortion with limits, is where is the limit line drawn? When is the fetus officially a “human”? How do you define human? Can you even decided when a fetus is human? The topic is so controversial and there is such an undefined line between fetus and human that it does make it difficult to truly give out a stage in development when you are still legally aloud to abort the fetus. In Roe V. Wade, backed up by the 14th amendment and the right to protect your privacy, the supreme court ruled to give women the decision to have an abortion, but that this right must be balanced against the state's two legitimate interests in regulating abortions: protecting prenatal life and protecting women's health. Additionally, because the medical community finds that the human fetus might be viable outside the mother's womb after six months of growth, a state could constitutionally protect a fetus from abortions in the third trimester of pregnancy, as long as it permitted an exception to save the life of the mother. Additionally, because second and third trimester abortions present more health risks to the mother, the state might regulate certain aspects of abortions related to maternal health after three months of pregnancy. In the first trimester, however, a state's interests in controlling abortions can’t be found "important" enough. Abortions in the first trimester are for the patient and her doctor to decided.
I can’t say I agree with the laws of 5 months along in pregnancy being a legal state to receive an abortion. Being honest, I know no more, and certainly not as much as a the doctors who have made the calls on when the fetus becomes human. Instead of arguing, I simply leave you and everyone with idea of, if you do not have the medical facts, or know the background life story of the mother. Leave the choice to the woman. Let her decide what her correct path is. There her make the choice to bring a new life on to this planet or not. I leave this essay asking you to please, believe what you believe, but respect others opinions, and decisions.
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